If you want to know about station area planning (SAP) and/or transit oriented development (TOD), please take a look at the Portland case study and lessons learned, Seattle area programs and projects, the TOD fable, smart growth jokes, and the TOD resource links. "TOD" has several meanings including transit oriented design, development or district.

Portland TOD Case Study, Westside MAX Light Rail Project -- These documents are based on TOD papers and presentations given by Henry S. Markus, AICP, at the Rail-Volution national conferences in Portland 1998 and Dallas 1999; the American Planning Association national conference in Seattle 1999; and the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute in Denver 2000.

• Westside TOD Program (just the facts)

• What's TOD Got To Do With It? (lessons learned the hard way)

Seattle Area TOD Programs & Projects

• Southeast Seattle, Northgate, Qwest Field & Convention Place TOD Projects

• City of Seattle Light Rail Station Area Planning 1998 - 2001

• King County Transit Oriented Development Program

• PSRC Transit Station Communities Project

On the lighter side

• A Tale of Two Cities (a TOD fable)

• Smart Growth Jokes

TOD Resources

• Rail-Volution 2008, October 27-29, San Francisco, California

• Wide use of tolls could unclog roads, Seattle study says, Eric Pryne, Seattle Times, April 24, 2008

• So how about public transit? Neal Peirce, Seattle Times, December 4, 2006

• TOD Resource Links